Sunshade



Sept 25, 1923. 1,169,111

S. J. RUSSELL SUNSHADE Filed Nov. 24. 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVEN TOR.,5 1 fizwae/Z Sapfi- 25, 1923. ma ma S J. RUSSELL SUNSHADE Filed Nov.24, 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR. 22 f3 22 SJ Raise/Z.

Patented Sept. 25, 1923.

sAM'U'EnJ. RUSSELL, or rnmon'ron, TEXAS;

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Application filed November a r-{192a sat-a in ems.

1 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, SAMUEL J. RUssnLL, acitizen of the United States, residingat Princeton, in the county ofCollin and State of Texas, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Sunshades, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to head canopies or coverings supported from theperson in posit on to protect the head from the sun, rain, snow and thelike, while leaving the hands and arms free, and has for one of itsobjects to simplify and improve the construction and increase theefficiency and utility of de vices of this character.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device of this characterwhich is yieldably supported and automatically adaptable to themovements of the body.

With these and other objects in View, the invention consists in certainnovel features of construction as hereinafter shown and described andthen specifically pointed out in the claims, and in the drawingsillustrative of the preferred embodiment of the invention.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improved device arranged upon thefigure of a man.

Figure 2 is a plan View without the fabric to Figure 3 is a frontelevation with the fabric top in transverse section.

Figure 4 is an enlarged detail of the yieldable portion of one of thestandards or ribs.

The improved device includes two coacting belts 10 and 11 providedrespectively with buckles 12 and 13 and adapted to be disposed aroundthe person, indicated conventionally at 14, in spaced relation, andconnected at suitable intervals by preferably flexible straps, indicatedat 15;

Shoulder engaging straps 16 are attached to the upper belt 10 and eachprovided with an adjusting buckle 17.

The parts 1()1115 and 16 constitute a harness like structure whereby theimproved device may be supported upon and readily adjustable to the sizeof the person. 7

The canopy portion of the improved device comprises an endless band 18preferably circular, and having a plurality of standards or rods 19, forinstance four, attached at their upper ends at 20 to the. band 18, andin uniformly spaced relation,

At its lower end each of the standards 19 is formed into a coil 21 withthe lower terminal of each coil attached as shown at 22 to the belt 11.By this means the canopy top is yieldably supported in position bothlaterally and vertically, as will be obvious.

Attached to the upper belt 10 are a plurality of guides or keepers 23,one for each of the standards 19, as shown, by which means the standardsand the band 18 carried thereby are supported from lateral displacement.

The band 18 forms a support for a fabric top or cover including a flatupper portion 24 and drop or depending portion 25, of any suitabletexture.

The top or cover member 24c-25 may be of water proof material such aslight rubberized cloth, or the like, to render the device rain or snowproof, or of light cloth material for protection from the suns rays, asmay be preferred, the frame may be of any size or contour.

The parts 18, 19 and 21 will preferably be of metal as light as possibleconsistent of the strain to which they will be subjected, and the lowerportions of the rods 19 may be covered with rubber tubing as indicatedat 26 in Figure 4:, to protectthe person of the wearer from abrasion bythe metal of the rods.

The preferred embodiment of the inven tion is disclosed in the drawingsand set forth in the specification, but it will be understood thatmodifications within the scope of the claims may be made in theconstruction without departing from the principle of the invention orsacrificing any of its advantages.

Having thus described the invention what i is claimed as new is: 1

1. A device of the class described including coacting upper and lowerbelts adapted to be supported in spaced relation around the person ofthe wearer, a plurality of springs attached to the lower belt, astandard extending fromeach of said springs, guides for said standardsattached to said upper belt, flexible members coupling said belts,shoulder engaging members connected to said upper belt, and a canopydevice supported by said standards.

2. A device of theclass described including coacting upper and lowerbelts adapted to be supported in spaced relation around the person ofthewearer, a canopy device,

sin-J hereto. the person of the wearer, a canopy device, a V

plurality of standards connected at one end to said canopy device andeach terminating 10 in a coil connected respectively to'said lower belt,and a guide keeper for each standard connected to said upper belt.

In testimony whereof, I afiix my signature dsAMUEL J. RUSSELL.

